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politico.com - As organized labor hails an unprecedented moment of unity playing out amid a sea of supporters marching in Madison, Wis., other union officials elsewhere are quietly wringing their hands about the ...
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tnr.com - Anti-labor forces have waited decades for the opportunity that they are now trying to seize in Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker’s plan, echoed in proposals put forward by several other c...
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blog.aflcio.org - Kamal Abbas, general coordinator of the independent Egyptian Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS), has sent an amazing message of solidarity to U.S. workers under assault by CEO-bac...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We’d rather be in the classroom, but it was time to speak outBy Terry Schoessow, Special to Workday20 February 2011MADISON, Wis. - If you had told any of our group of eight teachers a month ago tha...
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huffingtonpost.com - Madison, Wisconsin, The Heartland, AmericaI am not what you would call a real "progressive" in the modern sense of the word. I actually have significant concerns about the role of public sector uni...
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 | huffingtonpost.com - Protests in Wisconsin continue to surge Friday, even as reports from Thursday evening claimed as many as 25,000 demonstrators had taken to the state's capitol building in Madison. Residents are tur... coopmike48 |
dailykos.com - The following comes directly from http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/... Our goal is to make the gathering look as greedy and goonish as we know that it is, ding their credibility with the media a...
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abcnews.go.com - Feb. 20, 2011 The Democratic Wisconsin state senators camped out across the border in Illinois fired back at Gov. Scott Walker today, saying their action to block a vote on his budget proposal is a...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stand With Wisconsin WorkersWISCONSIN WORKERS ARE UNDER ATTACK! TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2011 STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO 5:30 PMSupport Workers’ Rights!Join us for a Candlelight Vigil in solidarity with Wi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - You might want to read this.How do states which allow collective bargaining for unions compare, academically, against those that don’t? Let’s first look at HS graduation rates:Grad Rates- The red a...
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npr.org - Steve Inskeep talks to Wisconsin state senator Scott Fitzgerald about the crisis with state employees there. Sunday was the sixth day of massive protests in Wisconsin, where Governor Scott Walker a...
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 | blogs.forbes.com - BusinessFeb. 18 2011 - 6:45 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By RICK UNGAR As the nation focuses on the efforts of Governor Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights from public emplo... coopmike48 |
reuters.com - By James Kelleher MADISON, Wisconsin | Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:45pm EST MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The issues were serious but the mood was cheery on Sunday among demonstrators in Wisconsin protesti...
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huffingtonpost.com - Watching the battle in Wisconsin it is clear that the historic deal that created the great American middle class is in danger of unraveling. Government workers have long exchanged greater job secur...
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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- It's day four of exile for Wisconsin's Democratic state senators, who crossed state lines in order to stall the expedited passage of Gov. Scott Walker's (R) budget proposal. Although ...
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 | signonsandiego.com - By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:03 a.m. / AP Teacher Michael Mulvey of West Allis, Wis., carries a sign in the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Sund... coopmike48 |
voices.washingtonpost.com - "Republicans say that public-sector employees have become a privileged class that overburdened taxpayers," write Karen Tumulty and Brady Dennis. The question, of course, is whether it's true. Consi...
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politifact.com - Crowds have built for a week in Madison as public employees and their supporters rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to strip them of most of their collective bargaining rights. Walker supporter...
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suntimes.com - Wisconsin Gov. Walker turns state into battleground for unions By David Roeder Staff Reporter/droeder@suntimes.com Feb 20, 2011 11:51PM Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, shown Thursday, campaigned on th...
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cta.org - CTA stands with our colleagues and public employees in Wisconsin whose collective bargaining rights are under attack by Gov. Scott Walker. He is scapegoating working families for state budget probl...
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philly2philly.com - Thousands of Wisconsin citizens are taking to the streets to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposal to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Republicans argue t...
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huffingtonpost.com - As events in Egypt showed, you never know what will set off mass protest.Here at home, over-reaching by a novice Republican governor of Wisconsin has finally triggered the protest marches that have...
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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Just recently I got into a discussion on Facebook with some of my mother’s friends about the goings on in Wisconsin. To make a long story short, we disagreed about a lot of things including tax cut...
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 | rawstory.com - Tags: American, budget, labor unrest, last fifteen years, Medicare, party, percent, president bill clinton, private sector employees, public sector workers, Republican, republican strategy, sector,... coopmike48 |
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memphisflyer.com - Well, it's about time! I wondered what it would take for Cairo-like demonstrations to break out on this side of the pond, and now, thanks to the folks in Madison, Wisconsin, we know the answer: it'...
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 | nytimes.com - Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday —... coopmike48 |
act.aflcio.org - So-called “Right to Work” Legislation · Backed heavily by out-of-state corporate interests, “Right to Work” legislation is designed to wipe out unions by bankrupting them and weakening thei...
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themoderatevoice.com - Across the US, GOP Lawmakers Build States of Denial by Michael Winship Forced at gunpoint this weekend to clean out a lot of old paper files in anticipation of some home improvements, I ran across ...
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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The protests that erupted last week in Wisconsin have attracted attention not only across the United States, but even as far away as Egypt. One of those out-of-state observers, Maine ...
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nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The battle in Wisconsin over public employee unions has left President Obama facing a tricky balance between showing solidarity with longtime political supporters and projecting a mess...
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media.www.dennews.com - Dave Balson/Opinions Editor 2011 is shaping up to be one hell of a year for democracy. History books will look back on the unprecedented protests of the past two months as a time when millions of p...
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timesfreepress.com - NASHVILLE — While Senate Republicans largely support a statewide law banning collective bargaining for teachers, some of their House counterparts are talking about leaving the decision in local gov...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - After six days of protests that packed the state capitol, Wisconsin's major teachers' union called on members to start returning to work Monday but keep fighting a proposed rollback of union protec...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - crooksandliars.com - Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago. It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers pro...
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boston.com - MILWAUKEE—Doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are getting slammed with angry phone calls and profane e-mails from people telling ...
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247wallst.com - Successful political activity often spreads from one geographic area to another. That has certainly been true among financially weak countries in Europe. It is now happening among nations in the Mi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MADISON (WKOW) -- The Madison School District sent out this memo Sunday evening, asking staff to report, but saying schools will be closed again Monday.The Madison Teachers Union is advising member...
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cnn.com - Protesters crowd Wisconsin capitalSTORY HIGHLIGHTS Rock guitarist says he'll play for protesters on Monday Governor Walker reiterates calls for missing Democrats to come back Tea Party activists ar...
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communities.washingtontimes.com - EASTON, MD — February 21, 2011 — Thousands of peaceful protestors flood the capital. Thinly veiled threats of force are issued against the protestors. Opposition leaders flee elsewhere, going int...
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buzzfeed.com - 45 awesome protest signs against Governor Scott Walker's budget bill. I'm very impressed with your signs, Wisconsin. Very clever.
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sunjournal.com - Nuggets from the notebook while wondering if Maine's labor groups will be emboldened by their colleagues in Wisconsin ... From Maine's perspective, watching the protests in Wisconsin may seem like ...
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salemnews.net - LISBON -Columbiana County's two state legislators find themselves on opposite sides of proposed legislation to limit the negotiating power of public employee unions.State Rep. Craig Newbold is will...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Indiana teachers rally against efforts by Governor Mitch Daniels to divert resources from public schools to charter schools and private schools.
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - With the battle going on in Wisconsin, we wanted to ask: How many states have collective bargaining with public employees' unions? How many forbid it? Check out our map. It's pretty revealing. Map ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Micheal Moore posted video from Cairo, Egypt for the Wisconsin protesters. 2/21/11.Watch the video here:http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/statement-kamal-abbas“Victory belongs to all the ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Tensions remained high in Wisconsin on Sunday as Gov. Scott Walker (R) remained in a standoff with state public employees unions and Democratic legislators over a proposal that would not only requi...
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